Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 02, 2016
September 01, 2016
September 05, 2016
Transcript:
the official dictionary of the games of the winter olympiad voice: stop doing that! fauxlympian, n. a viewer who exhibits sudden and unearned expertise in a sport he or she had barely even heard of a week ago. voice: hey! he 540'd that 1080! voice #2: you suck! voice #3: boo! orff, v. (fr.c.orff, ger. composer, carmina burana, etc.) to skate to bombastic music. see also orffamongous, orffic, orffulagenous, etc. voice: she's really orffing. voice #2: she's orffal. voice #3: orff! exvictorate, v. to mock a winner's nationality and/or national anthem. voice: andorra?! where's that?! voice #2: this sounds like a pepsi jingle. voice #3: boo!
Ermine Notyours about 8 years ago
540’d that 1080 sounds like he’s talking about TV screen resolution.
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
When you get to 99 (empty) bottles of brew on the TV, you’ll appreciate the Winter Olympics more. And have more expertise. Maybe.
flake-67121 about 8 years ago
olympics? they still do that?
Kip W about 8 years ago
To be precise, they skate to the first and last couple of minutes of “Carmina Burana”—all O Fortuna, all the time!